Sorokin confirmed to U.S. District Court

The U.S. Senate on June 10 confirmed U.S. Magistrate Chief Judge Leo T. Sorokin to serve as a U.S. District Court judge.
President Barack Obama nominated Sorokin to the post in December.
Sorokin has been chief U.S. magistrate judge since 2012. He previously had worked for seven years as a magistrate judge in the same court.
He ...